2499 - 3244 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Index leaves partly wormholed. A fine copy. = The 8vo edition. Landwehr, VOC 291.
- One map loose; contents sl. yellowed; a few sm. neatly closed tears in plate; traces of bookplate on upper pastedown.
= The 8vo edition. Landwehr, VOC 291.
AND a mediocre copy of P. VANDER AA, Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen, na Oost en West-Indien (ibid., idem, 1707, 9 parts in 1 vol., 9 (3x dam. and 3x dam. in blank margin) fold. plates, contemp. vellum. A few divis. titles loose; a few plates creased/ w. closed tears).
- Both vols. w. bookplate(s) on upper pastedown.
= Cohen/ De Ricci 5f and 1077. The first edition with the illustrations by Picart. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.
- Trifle yellowed/ foxed; sm. tear in left margin of map. = Rare.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed. Covers sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities; vol. 1 top of spine dam. Good/ fine set.
= Bibl. Gastronomica 111; Cagle 1075; Waller 45; Muller 418. Not in Simon, Vicaire, Bitting. The greater part of the work is devoted to the history and art of drinking (the final vol. also deals with gastronomic excesses). Oberlé, Bibl. Bachique 485: "Une grande partie du traité concerne la boisson: les circonstances et fêtes où l'on boit, les rites de la boisson dans la vie quotidienne et dans les circonstances exceptionelles, le protocole à la Cour, les échansons, la vaiselle, etc."
- Both vols. bookblock (nearly) broken; sl. yellowed. Bindings worn; backstrips (sl.) dam.; both vols. frontcover loose(ning).
= Vol. 4 on travels to West Africa; vol. 6 on travels to China. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.
- Fine.
= Very rare patriotic almanac, this year all published. The portraits of "Willem I" (William of Orange), Jan van Nassau and P.C. Hooft.
AND 3 other almanacs, i.a. Erve Stichters Enkhuiser Almanak (The Hague, H. van Leeuwen, (1815), 23 woodcut ills. incl. 7 woodcuts of "Vaderlandsche bedrijven", orig. letterpress wr., 16mo. Spine worn/ dam.).
- Bookblock loosening but holding on cords; some scattered owner's stamps; occas. sl. soiled but woodcuts in good condition.
= Interleaved copy w. annots. by J.A. Dorrenboom ("Sprang 14 mei 1854 oud ruim 9 jaren"), who has recorded some significant events: "Den 1e Januarij 1856 is te (?) des morgens om half drie brand ontstaan bij eenen bakker, waaraan 5 huizen of 13 huisgezinnen en 2 schuren zijn verbrand."
AND 2 others, i.a. GESCHIEDKUNDIGE ALMANACH, der voornaamste gevallen Na de Gezeegende Omwenteling, in den Jaare 1787. Opgedraagen aan alle stadhoudersgezinden, voor het jaar M. D. CC. LXXXIX (Rott., n.d. (1788), 12 engr. plates, without binding, 12mo).
- Backcover loose; backstrip sl. dam.
Almanak voor blijgeestigen, vijfde jaar: 1830. Brussels, J. Sacré, (1830), (22),194p., 2 portrait plates, 1 fold. plate (of 2) w. scores, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.
- Lacks 1 plate w. scores (torn out). Upper hinge broken; occas. sl. stained/ soiled. Sl. worn along edges.
= Portraits show Andries Snoek and Manneken-Pis; scores contain the 'Verbroederingslied'.
AND 2 others similar.
- Occas. cut sl. short, touching the borderline around the text pages. Upper corner of frontcover showing; top of spine tiny dam. at (professionally restored) upper joint.
= The hallmarks unread; one of the clasps w. engr. owner's initials "B.S." on the inside. Rare almanac, not traced in the usual reference works, in a fine contemporary binding. Contains i.a. a chapter "Kore Beschryvinge van de Colonie Rio de Berbice. En den Opstand der Negerslaven, den 23 Feb. 1763", illustrated with a fold. plate. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.
- Upper hinge broken, otherwise fine. = Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 250. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.
- Final 40 leaves sl. waterstained mainly in outer blank upper margin, increasing towards the end.
= Buijnsters 22. Good copy of the first collected edition of the poems published in 3 parts between 1772-82.
AND 5 others, incl. 1 odd vol., i.a. R. FEITH, Het graf (Amst., 1792, 1st ed., engr. title-p. w. vignette, contemp. boards).
- Hinges weak. Binding w. some sl. worn/ dam. spots.
= Buijnsters 22. Good copy of the first collected edition of the poems published in 3 parts between 1772-82.
ADDED: Kneppelhout, J. under pseud. Klikspaan. De studenten en hun bijloop. Leyden, H.W. Hazenberg en Comp., 1844, 1st ed., XXIII,(1),133,(1)p., contemp. hcl. w. green mor. letterpiece.
- Lacks appendix 1. "Handleiding ter veraangenamende lezing van den studenten-almanak voor 1841". Partly sl. foxed. Corners sl. bumped.
= With 5 appendices: 2. "Ingezonden" (4p.); 3. "Klikspaan redekavelt over den almanak" (16p.); 4. "Jacobus Quad, numismaticus en oordeelveller" (4p.); 5. "De studenten-almanak. Eene microscopische uitspatting van Klikspaan" (43p.) and 6. "Aan de commissie voor de redactie van den studenten-almanak" (6p.). With the "Ophelderingen" (8p.) and "Naschrift" (8,(4)p.) at the end.
- All vols. sl. yellowed/ foxed; vol. 1 partly waterstained. Professionally restored binding.
= Hill p.143; Palau 114314; Sabin 31557. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.
- One plate margins cut short; a few (sm.) (closed) tears (1x reaching caption); one plate portion of blank margin restored; sl. fingersoiled.
= Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies 256; Atlas Van Stolk V, 4183; F.M. 4210 (all listing ed. 1768). With the often lacking 2 additional prel. leaves: title-poem by J. Nomzs and engr. frontisp. The plates were usually bound in J. Wagenaar, Verheugd Amsterdam (1768).
- Lacks the portrait, 7 plates and first 2 text lvs.; title-p. loose, frayed and sl. dustsoiled; partly yellowed/ foxed and sl. waterst. Lacks frontcover. Sold w.a.f.
= F.M. 1793; Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies 109.
- Occas. trifle foxed/ soiled; vol. 1 w. contemp. owner's entry on first blank; 1 plate sl. browned. Bindings sl. worn along extremities; top of spine sl. dam.; vol. 1 joints splitting; corners showing. Otherwise a good set.
= The first edition of the best 17th cent. description of Amsterdam, based on the works by the predecessors Dapper and Van Domselaar and on materials furnished by the author's father Isaac Commelin. The author (1636-1693) had free access to the archives of the city and therefore his work contains much more reliable sources and official documents than the works by Dapper and Van Domselaar. Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 66/ 67; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 116. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Bindings worn and rubbed; portions of backstrips lacking. Otherwise internally a good/ fine, large paper copy.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 68. The second edition (first 1693-94) of the best 17th cent. description of Amsterdam, based on the works by the predecessors Dapper and Van Domselaar and on materials furnished by the author's father Isaac Commelin. The author (1636-1693) had free access to the archives of the city and therefore his work contains much more reliable sources and official documents than the works by Dapper and Van Domselaar.
- Fine and clean copy despite the following (minor) defects: plate "Amsterdam van het Y aan te sien" lacks the outer right folding part; title sm. brown stain; 1 plate w. closed tear on fold; 1 plate inner blank margin soiled. Dam. at spine-ends; covers scratched.
= Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 75.
- Vol. 2 partly sl. yellowed. = Fine large paper copies, vol. 1 extra illustrated with 2 plates.